Olaudah Equiano, a formerly enslaved man who purchased his own freedom, is best known for his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789). Not only is it an in-depth account of his life in enslavement and as a freedman, but it is also the first autobiography to ever be published by a person who had been enslaved. Equiano was more than an author - he was also a prominent abolitionist who wrote many anti-slavery pamphlets and worked actively with the government and business community to end the slave trade in Britain. Most information about his life is derived from his autobiography and hence cannot be confirmed, though contemporary historical scholarship...
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